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The world of sports have become increasingly boring when it comes to the personalities of the players but the MLB will finally be allowing those personalities out with the announcement of Players Weekend.

The MLB is in an era where pitchers have become the most important aspects of the game every year. With the evolution of a new dead ball era teams are always looking to get the advantage on the mound. They are all trying to find the next great pitcher for their team to take over games and to do that they have looked in plenty of places. One of those places that these teams look for their next great pitcher is the MLB draft where pitchers become the most sought after prospects. The MLB draft represents a chance for teams for teams to reload their minor leagues and prepare for the future.

The MLB was happy to move on to a new era after the 1990s and early 2000s as they had just gone through one of the toughest parts of their history. The steroid era was unprecedented in the MLB as no league had dealt with the issue on a scale like baseball. It was a time were steroids became the major conversation throughout the sports world and the MLB was the centre of the controversy.

Almost a year to the day The Sport Addiction would post a MLB Week in Review about a seemingly constant problem in baseball. In fact it seems to be a constant factor in more than just the MLB with as every major league seems to be going through the same thing. Officials, Referees, or Umpires are all some of the most talked about people in sports.

Sports are big business around the world as they bring in massive revenues with ticket sales, TV Deals, and Merchandise bringing in billions of dollars a year. In North America it is different though as they have taken sports to a new level and this can be seen in the NFL. The National Football League is one of the best marketed sports in the world and they have been on the cutting edge of the sports world.